HowCyber's Terms of Service

• The squeezed version

  • Writing services that are offered by sellers on HowCyber are called "Gigs".
  • Gigs on HowCyber are offered for a various prices per each writer.
  • Only registered users can buy and sell on HowCyber. Registration is free.
  • You may not offer or accept payments using any method other than placing an order through HowCyber.com. Writing gigs should be ordered using the 'Order Now' button.
  • Buyers are granted the rights per the author of the content for the delivered work, unless otherwise specified by the seller in the gig description.

• Sellers

  • Basics
  • Each writing gig you sell and successfully deliver accredits your account with a net revenue of your set price - 10%.
  • Buyers pay HowCyber for orders in advance.
  • HowCyber accredits sellers once an order is complete.
  • Sellers may withdraw their revenues to a PayPal account of their choice, according to the terms specified below.
  • If an order is cancelled (for ANY reason), the seller's revenues return to the buyer.
  • Seller and Gig ratings are based on buyers' feedback and negative rating caused by order cancellation and late delivery.
  • Handling orders
  • When a buyer orders a gig, the seller gets notified by Email.
  • Sellers have to meet the Delivery Duration as they specified when creating their gigs. Failing to do so will permit the buyer to cancel the order.
  • Both buyers and sellers have the option to cancel an order by mutual agreement. Doing so has no negative effect on either party.
  • Unanswered mutual cancellation requests will be automatically accepted after 48 hours.
  • A Seller may cancel an order at any given moment. However, canceling orders has a negative effect on seller's rating.
  • Staying out of trouble
  • Sellers' and buyers' identity is kept anonymous. To protect our users' privacy, requesting or providing Email addresses, Skype/IM usernames or any other personal contact details is not permitted for any reason.
  • All communications, information and files exchange should be performed exclusively using HowCyber's messaging system.
  • Posting or sending adult, illegal, copyright protected, promotional, spam, violent, nonsense or any non cool stuff is strictly prohibited. Doing so will get your account blocked permanently.
  • Work delivery & communications
  • You are responsible to scan all transferred files for viruses and malware. HowCyber will not be responsible for any damages which might occur due to site usage, use of content or files transferred.
  • Sellers must deliver completed files and/or proof of work using the 'Deliver Completed Work' tab (located in the order page).
  • Once work is delivered, the buyer has three days to respond. After that time, the order will be marked as complete.
  • Withdrawing revenues
  • Withdrawing revenues requires having a valid PayPal account. Please make sure that your PayPal account can receive incoming payments.
  • Revenues are only made available for withdrawal after a safety clearance period of 14 days.
  • PayPal's transfer fees will be applied to the total withdrawal sum. Withdrawing $50 or more in one go will save you a little cash.
  • Withdrawals are final and cannot be undone. We will not be able to refund or change this process once it has began.

• Buyers

  • Ordering writing gigs
  • Writing gigs may be purchased using a Credit Card or PayPal.
  • Once payment is confirmed, your order will be created.
  • If you have a positive balance equal or more then the requested writing gig, it will be used automatically when ordering new gigs.
  • As a buyer, your identity is kept anonymous at all times. To protect your privacy, avoid requesting or providing Email addresses, Skype/IM usernames or any other personal contact information.
  • You may not offer or pay using any method of payment other than HowCyber.
  • You may not pay other users directly using their PayPal account. In case you have been asked to use an alternative payment method, please report it immediately here.
  • Avoid filing a dispute or reversing a payment through PayPal or your bank. Doing so may get your account blocked.
  • In case of a problem, always try and work things out with your seller. If you need further assistance, contact our customer support here
  • Order cancellations (when eligible) can be done by customer support only up to a period of 10 days from order completion date. We will not be able to cancel orders after that time.

• General terms

  • Violation of HowCyber's Terms of Service may get your account permanently blocked.
  • Sellers will be able to withdraw their revenues from blocked accounts after a safety period of 45 to 90 days, depending on block reason, from day of last cleared payment received in their account and subject to HowCyber's approval.
  • Disputes should be handled using HowCyber's dispute resolution tools ('Got Problems?' in the order page) or by contacting HowCyber customer support.
  • HowCyber reserves the right to put any account on hold or permanently cancel accounts due to misbehavior. Users with accounts on hold will not be able to sell or buy on HowCyber.
  • HowCyber may make changes to its Terms of Service from time to time. When these changes are made, HowCyber will make a new copy of the Terms of Service available at http://www.HowCyber.com/terms_of_service.
  • You understand and agree that if you use HowCyber after the date on which the Terms of Service have changed, HowCyber will treat your use as acceptance of the updated Terms of Service.
  • Disputes
  • We encourage our buyers and sellers to resolve any issues between themselves. If for any reason this fails, you can contact HowCyber's customer support department here.
  • HowCyber will not refund payments made for cancelled orders back to PayPal. Refunds are made to the buyer's balance and are made available for future purchases on HowCyber.

• Ownership and limitations

  Ownership and limitations: unless clearly stated otherwise in the gig description text, when the work is delivered, the buyer is granted all intellectual property rights, including but not limited to, copyrights for the work delivered from the seller and the seller waives any and all moral rights therein. For removal of doubt, in custom created work (such as art work, design work, report generation etc.), the delivered service shall be the exclusive property of buyer. The seller expressly agrees to assign to buyer the copyright in any delivered services that do not meet the requirements of a work-for-hire under the U.S. Copyright Act. Additionally, independent of the U.S. Copyright Act, the seller agrees that unless he indicated otherwise in the gig description, once the order is completed the seller assigns along with it to the buyer, to the fullest extent possible under the law, all of its right, title and interest, if any, in and to the delivered service and waives any and all moral righs in connection therewith.

  The sellers further asserts that whatever information he received from the buyer, which is not public domain, shall not be used for any purpose whatsoever other than for the delivery of the work to the buyer.

  By offering a service, the seller asserts that it has sufficient permissions to provide, sell or resell the service that they offer on HowCyber.